Hey y’all! So I’ve loved HD 2 for a long time now, but something that has always disappointed me has been the total absence of colorblind settings. In my personal experience it’s the first game I’ve played, especially of this quality, that hasn’t had them on day one. I’m sure there are some colorblind divers in here that feel my pain in booting in alone and not being able to pick a good drop location because you can’t actually see the red-hatching on the map. It’s a real hinderance, even with the little enemy presence indicator that pops up over your cursor when you’re moving it around the map. There are other ways this has inconvenienced me in gameplay, not being able to see landmines for example, but the main reason why I’m posting is because of this:

I decided to send in a message to arrowhead’s support portal about it and I got a response that I felt was a little bizarre. I mean, it was comprehensible and not rude, really. My issue with it was, 1, that I was told that if I have actual feedback for the game my only option would be to visit the discord. I don’t know if this is standard practice, but I think it’s weird to not have a way for fans to submit feedback through the game or dev’s website of all places. I’d think that would be someone’s first impulse, but maybe that’s just me being out of the loop. 

However, number 2 I think would be weird by just about anyone’s standards. The last thing my response email told me was to “*Bear in mind we are only seeking feedback regarding the current gameplay experience, and are not looking for specific feature requests, suggestions or ideas at this time, so please do not send those to these forms as they are not passed on.*” So… what constitutes as something that would be passed on? Like general statements? And if you’re looking for more generalized or basic feedback, what’s more basic or fundamental than an accessibility question? It’s not like I’m asking for a new vanity item or a fun weapon concept, I just wanna use my eyes when I play. 

Anyway, lmk what you guys think. I still love this game and its community, but I did feel like this response doesn’t bode well for those of us who want more fundamental improvements to the game any time soon outside of optimization/ bug fixes. 

Colorblind Settings Woes